ASP2019 - Earth to Space, Celebrating a Century of Astronomy

Join the Astonomical Society of the Pacific in celebrating their 130th anniversary with speakers and activities for all. 

Planetarium Shows

3:40 PM, 6:30 PM, 8:45 PM, 9:30 PM.  Lines begin 30 minutes prior outside the planetarium.   Thornton Hall.

Portable Planetarium

2:00 - 2:30 PM, 3:30 - 4:30 PM, 6:00 - 7:00 PM.  Student Services Center Grassy Knoll

Night Sky Viewing

8:00 - 10:00 PM. Thornton Hall

Astronomy on Tap

6:00 - 7:30 PM. The Depot in Student Services Center

Lectures and Panels

All speaker events are in Jack Adams Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center.  Limited space, so come early.

Exploring the Moon: Past, Present, and Future 1:00 - 2:00 PM

Speaker: Kimberly Ennico Smith, NASA Ames

100 Earths 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Speakers: Debra Fischer, Yale University; John Brewer, San Francisco State

Astronomers for Planet Earth: Action for a Habitable World 4:30 - 5:45 PM

Panel: Debra Fischer, Yale University

Steve Richard, Climate Reality Project

Shawn Rosenmoss, San Francisco Dept of the Environment

Brandon Kline, San Francisco State Univ

Keynote Speaker: The Top Tourist Sites of the Solar System 7:30 - 8:30 PM

Using spectacular images from space probes and the world’s largest telescopes, Fraknoi will explore the most intriguing future “tourist destinations” among the planets and moons in our cosmic neighborhood. Stops will include the 4,000-mile lava channel on Venus, the towering Mount Olympus volcano on Mars (three times the height of Mount Everest), the awesome Verona Cliffs on the moon Miranda (which are the tallest “lover’s leap” in the solar system), and the recently discovered salt-water steam geysers on Saturn’s intriguing moon Enceladus (nicknamed “Cold Faithful.”)

Speaker: Andrew Fraknoi, Univ. of San Francisco

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